Gamers Are Fierce-Chapter 853 - 852: Awakening (4K)

Their conversation didn't last long before Arlina's watch vibrated, indicating the discovery of their companions' electronic frequency.

With excitement evident on her face, Arlina led the way following the direction of the electronic frequency and quickly found Eva and others carrying the same watch under a certain suspended ladder.

They weren't in the best condition, apart from Nina, everyone was injured to varying degrees, Bai Haozheng, Ju Zi, and Cheng Yin were particularly disheveled.

Seeing Arlina and Nebula, Eva and Qin breathed a sigh of relief, lowered their weapons, and approached.

Li Ang and Liu Wu Dai also nodded at Bai Haozheng, greeting him.

The group began exchanging information, surprised to discover that the other party was already aware of the existence of Otherworldly Players.

Arlina's team had encountered them in person, while Eva and others' information source was...

"The swarms?"

Nebula exclaimed in astonishment, "Are there self-aware individuals within the swarms who informed you about the real existence of Otherworldly Players?"

"Indeed."

Eva and Qin exchanged a glance, their eyes filled with helplessness.

They recounted how they met Blue Lantern and others, how they infiltrated Bug Nest Metropolitan with Bai Haozheng and others for a rescue mission, and how they got surrounded, forcing Pei Youzhen to surrender and withdraw from the match.

"We ventured all the way to the bottom of the Bug Nest, surrounded by swarms everywhere, impossible to kill them all. Using the communicator to send signals to Ju Tianfu received no response."

Eva said helplessly, "At that time, we couldn't even retreat."

Suddenly, in the Bug Nest appeared special units with exceptionally excellent weapons and extremely strong physiques, far exceeding those of similarly leveled players, suppressing us immediately without a chance to use explosive items for cover and withdrawal.

It was during that time that Youzhen got entangled by soldier bugs and chose to surrender and quit the match."

To enhance her persuasion, Eva had Nina take out the projector to play the swarm covering the sky and earth, scenes they recorded at that time.

"We were ready to withdraw from the match,"

Eva paused and slowly said, "Unexpectedly, one of the creatures—claiming to be the 'Bug Nest Overlord',

suddenly stopped the attack, and the Bug Nest units stopped their actions too.

It..."

Eva frowned, her expression somewhat strange, "Negotiated with us."

Li Ang was a bit surprised, "Negotiation?"

"Yes."

Eva said, "The Bug Nest Overlord said, they just received news, apart from us, there's another group of Otherworldly Players also in the Lost World.

The latter are attacking the Bug Nest and Earth players elsewhere.

Considering that group of Otherworldly Players has overall higher strength than us, causing considerable trouble to the Bug Nest,

the Bug Nest Overlord decided that if we provide a portion of our equipment and resources as collateral,

it could let us go, enabling us to find other Earth players, unite, and jointly deal with the Otherworldly People,

and for this, it can allow previously captured hostages to communicate with us via communication devices,

and return one hostage as a guarantee."

"And that hostage is me."

Cheng Yin, standing in the corner, raised his hand and said helplessly, "I and Ju Tianfu were detained in different cells, unable to see each other.

My own treatment involved being placed in a mummy sarcophagus, transmitting my Transcendent power system to the swarms—thinking other people might have similar experiences."

"After completing communication with Ju Tianfu and confirming he was okay, the swarms then 'escorted' us out of the Bug Nest."

Eva smiled bitterly, taking out a leather map carpet-sized, filled with line drawings,

"To prevent us from getting lost and wasting time, they also provided an extra map, marking the routes and elevator positions below the forty-first levels..."

"..."

Arlina looked at the map in Eva's hand, speechless, pondered for a moment and said, "Wait a minute, when did the swarms stop attacking you?"

"Half an hour ago," Eva replied, "Why?"

Arlina and Nebula exchanged a glance, pondering, "Half an hour ago, we were still avoiding pursuit by the swarms... the timing doesn't match up.

If the swarms believe the threat from Otherworldly Transcendent players is too great, and need to unite Earth players, why keep pursuing us?

Unless..." 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺

"The tokens you carry."

Li Ang frowned slightly, saying, "Perhaps the swarms cannot directly and effectively distinguish between Earth players and Otherworldly Transcendent players.

By chance, you have captured tokens from the Otherworld, becoming targets of the swarm's attack.

Of course, it could be that specific units capable of communicating with humans were absent in the swarms at that time."

Arlina pondered and nodded, "I see..."

Eva glanced at Li Ang cloaked in a black hooded sweatshirt, curious about his identity but understanding it's not the time for chit-chat, promptly said, "Anyway, we should leave here first, according to the swarms, something very bad might happen soon..."

Boom!

Before she finished speaking, the dome shook violently, the solid ceiling collapsed and caved downwards, pressing and smashing towards the people below.

————

Global Supernatural Alliance Headquarters.

Failed, failed...

South Korean girl Pei Youzhen lay in the oval-shaped medical chamber, staring dazedly through the sterile transparent lid at the ceiling.

The mechanical arms and various medical instruments in the medical chamber quickly completed stitching wounds, scanning for potential injuries, and thoroughly disinfecting the body, emitting a beeping sound,

as the disinfectant spray dispersed, the lid opened automatically, Pei Youzhen jumped out of the medical chamber.

Like other official institutions, Global Supernatural Alliance players, after exiting a match, must also stay in a sealed isolation room for a while,

for examination, observation, inquiry,

to check if they carry deadly bacteria from Different Worlds,

whether their minds have been interfered with or controlled,

whether their souls have been usurped, etc.

Pei Youzhen was familiar with this process, completed the examination in the isolation room—since the examiners include expert teams and high-level players who did not participate in the match, capable of directly using skills to detect,

the examination process is faster than other organizations,

soon she left the isolation room, greeted her colleagues outside the door, and headed straight to the command center.

Players in the mission can only see what is in front of them, but official organizations watching the live broadcast continuously can gather the most intelligence and see the most information.

"Eva and the others are okay?"

In the room next to the command center, Pei Youzhen was stunned, her eyes wide open as she was checking the information.

She had been surrounded by the swarm, which forced her to surrender and withdraw from the game.

After she disconnected, the swarm stopped attacking, and the Bug Nest Overlord Cerberus came out to negotiate with Eva and others.

The content of the negotiation was unknown due to the detector going offline, but it seemed they would not be annihilated as Eva and the others have not been transmitted back.

Upon learning her companions were safe, Pei Youzhen breathed a sigh of relief and, with some trepidation and concern, quickly browsed other information, "Wait, Michael has actually been sealed?"

Shortly after entering the Lost World, Michael was besieged by four top-tier players: Loss Control, Side Truth, Hoenhem, and Tai Hao,

What was more incredible was that Michael, on her own, wielded the Flaming Sword and suppressed the four (although there was mutual guarding among the four).

When she activated her Four-winged Angel form, she shattered Hoenhem's [Isochronous Loss Control Anchoring Program] and the Mind Ability Creation System Crystal Wall created by Side Truth with a single slash.

The raging flames ignited by the Sword of Flames were boundless, melting the steel within the building into molten iron and obscuring the system's detector lens.

As the flames gradually faded and the lens returned to normal, it was difficult to discern the floor's original appearance,

The entire ground appeared as if a nuclear explosion test area, with a large section annihilated,

Side Truth hid behind a temporarily created crystal barrier, which was covered in cracks, nearly shattering,

Hoenhem was concealed in a Klein Bottle-shaped special container, which itself was nearly melted,

While Tai Hao and Loss Control, both covered in thick frost created by the "Ten Stems and Twelve Branches" cultivation technique, were pale-faced, having exhausted much of their strength.

Michael slowly floated down from mid-air, her four wings receding into two,

The tips of her wings burned with tiny flames.

Just when everyone thought Michael would slay her opponents with one strike, a group of Otherworldly Players with diverse appearances and emitting a dangerous aura appeared.

They seemed prepared and knew Michael was the strongest among Loss Control and others,

Several figures shrouded in tattered and filthy robes spread out,

Chanting a hoarse and obscure incantation full of evil and filth,

Causing black sludge to appear on the walls around Michael and others, blocking spatial transmission skills;

Four cultivators dressed in ancient Eastern attire cut their skin and smeared blood on a palm-sized bronze bell, causing a slowly descending inverted shadow of the bronze bell to emerge above Michael and others.

Five Monster Beasts charged fearlessly, using numerous abilities, temporarily suppressing the resisting Side Truth and Tai Hao among others,

Among them, a bamboo-segment shaped demon, even used its body to block Michael's sword drawing action—although this act came at the cost of being burned to ash by the Sword of Flames.

From far away came the sound of footsteps, suggesting the arrival of more Otherworldly reinforcements.

As the bronze bell was about to cover and seal everyone, Michael's four wings extended once more, and her Sword of Flames grew to a hundred meters,

Slashing through several robed figures chanting incantations and striking the praying Otherworldly cultivators near the bronze bell,

While her wings flapped backward, stirring up a howling gale,

Blowing Tai Hao, Side Truth, and Hoenhem away from the spot, sending them further down the rear tunnel.

But she herself and Loss Control,

Possibly due to the most intense sealing force they faced, were ultimately unable to resist the gradually descending, expanding giant bronze bell shadow,

Sealed within the bell that emanated a warm glow, frozen in place.

The bronze bell's shadow seemed to have the power to halt everything around it, freezing Michael, Loss Control, and the land beneath them,

Moreover, once summoned, it appeared that it couldn't be canceled and no longer required maintenance—the four cultivators who used the bronze bell had withered to skeletons as the bell shadow solidified.

At this moment, the Otherworldly Transcendent reinforcements hurriedly arrived,

Their movements dodging the bronze bell's light as they chased towards Tai Hao and others further down the tunnel.

Tai Hao and the others, having expended most of their energy, didn't linger to fight, immediately retreating, dispersing in their escape, after which the detector lost track of them.

The only image left was of those Otherworldly Transcendents,

Extracting Michael and Loss Control, along with the land beneath them,

Taking them away, moving towards the lower floors.

"..."

Pei Youzhen stared blankly at the data, as a member of the Global Occult Coalition, she was well aware of Michael's strength.

The term "Humanoid Walking Tactical Weapon" when applied to other players might be an exaggerated metaphor for the worship of a power centered within oneself,

But when used to describe Michael, it's merely a literal and objective description, even somewhat disparaging.

Even if Michael was not in a complete state at that time, having expended some physical and spiritual power in the battle with Tai Hao and others, it was still incredible that those Otherworldly players managed to seal her.

After the initial shock, Pei Youzhen quickly reacted, immediately flipping through the footage the detector captured of appearances by other Otherworldly players.

It could be confirmed that these people indeed came from the Different World, divided into three types overall,

Mumbling figures shrouded in torn cloaks with hunched bodies,

Demons,

As well as cultivators dressed in ancient Eastern costumes.

These people possessed unique power systems and were able to release a wide variety of skills, consistently working together to hunt and capture Earth players, either killing or abducting them.

If necessary, they could surrender and withdraw from the game, teleport away, or use token-like props to summon reinforcements.

From the footage captured by the detector alone, at least thirty Earth players were directly killed, with more people kidnapped.

As for their identities and purposes, they are currently under analysis.

"..."

Pei Youzhen remained silent for a moment, feeling increasingly concerned for her companions still remaining in the Lost World.

The swarm was already difficult enough to deal with, now there are also Otherworldly players...

Ring, ring—

The communicator rang, a call from a superior in the Global Occult Coalition.

Pei Youzhen answered the phone, listened to the content, stood up, and left the data room, heading to a broadcasting room on the lower floor.

The high-ranking members of the Global Occult Coalition were actually aware that Ju Tianfu carried divinity and had been cooperating with the Special Affairs Bureau in conducting experiments to collect the Power of Faith.

Pei Youzhen also knew this, and now, with the situation changed, Ju Tianfu needed support (it was proven during a conversation with Eva and others that the Power of Faith from reality could be transmitted into the Lost World),

As someone informed and having just withdrawn from the front lines of the Lost World, Pei Youzhen needed to cooperate with the Special Affairs Bureau, helping Ju Tianfu gather the Power of Faith as much as possible.

That is, to become a commentator.